Wire-drawing machine.



PATBNTBD JULY 24, 1906.

J. A.` HORTON. WIRE DRAWING MACHINE.

APPLIATION FILED AUG.9,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

| l l l L PATHNTED JULY 24, 1906.

' l J. A. BURTON.

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I a- UNITED STATES l"iA'rii Providence, in the -State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain shown the said b d au ofA traction or drawing -wear caused by the 'JAMES A.. Hoiiroiv,A

TION or NEW YORK.

Tonll whom it'ma/y concern.` y Beit known that I, JAMES iL'HoRigoN,` of county of Providencevl and new and useful Im rovements in Wire-Drawing Machines, of w 'ch the following isI a speci- This 4invention relates to machines for4 drawing iron or steel wire by a continuons process, the wire passing through several dies in a series and around wire through the dies.

A type of continuous-process machineto; which my. invention relates is shown in Let-` ters Patent of the United States No.- 742,987,- dated N ovemb'erB, 1903. In the said machine each of the drums has a wire-forwarding device, preferably-composed of a series of shoes loosely encirclin the drum and having an automatically regu ating or compensating lconnection therewith, whereby slippage between the wire and the wire-engaging surface of the drum is -substantially avoided, such slipping being objectionable, because, first, of the inequalities caused thereby in the distribution of strains on the wire, tendin to break the latter, and, secondly, because o the slippage on the protective coating of the wire, which coating is essential to prevent contact between the metalv of the wire and the die. y f It is important that the contacting surfaces of the drum and the wire-forwarding device thereon be lubricated to prevent the forwarding device from being locked to the drum by excessive friction, and it is further im ortant that the lubrication be uniform and continuous and of such naturev that the forwarding device may at all times be adapted to slip circumferentlally on the drum4 and also be frictionally driven by the drum at the speed required by the callor tension of the.

In the `above-named Letters Patent I have contacting surfaces uniformly and continuously lubricated by immersion in of lubricating liquid in which the wire e dies are also immersed, the' machine being adapted for what is known as weta The present invention has for its object, rst, to provide suitable means for the continssaciamin of netten Patent. Applaus@ ma im 9,1905. snm s. z'zasss.

a corresponding series, drums, which draw the' Nroirricn fI or sitovini;Non` ations ISLAND, -A'ssIGNos'ro moouois MACHINE COMPANY,

oir-.NEW YORK, rfi.v Y., A' coiiPORA- I uou'sl and uniform' l between the contacting'surfaces of the drum andwire-forwarding dev ice ln'a .machine e in-a dry condition,

ada ted for drawing' the 1saire and the dies fre regulation the lfriction rsteandsaiunoo. 'i

efrom contact withlthe lubricant, which is confined to the frictional surfaces of the drum and wire-for# warding '6o device and isprevented from .overiowing from the crevice between said sur#A lfaces' into possible contact with *The invention the y' "f also has for its objectto pro-- i .l i vide certain improvements in the Wire-fob warding device above referred to whereby-exf .'cessive friction between the said device and i i the bo'dy ofthe drum, which is strain on the wire, will be prevented. y

To this' end the invention consists in the due to the improvements whichlI'will nowprocee'd .to.. l. .l

deiribeand claim. v

v `t e accom anying drawin s,.f.orming` a part of his specification, Fi g1 represents a vertical central section o a'wire-dra drum .embod g my invention. 2 re resentsa horizontal section on line 2 2 of F l1. Fig'. 3 represents a fragmentary side ele-4 vation. Fig. 4 represents a perspectiveview of my .improved wire-forwarding device cletached from the Fig.

5 represents a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4, showing a serres ofl convolutions of wire on the wire-forwarding device.

The same reference characters indicate the saineI parts in all the es. In the drawin s, which is adapte to rotate in a horizontal plane and is provided with a circumferential seat L3 `for a wire-forwarding device adapted tojengage the wire, and to sli tially onsaid seat'. vice is cornposedrof a series of loose mdependent segmental shoes 14, collectively encirc the seat 13 and adapted to be pressed inwar ly against the seat y the Itension of the wire, which is wrapped in volutions about the wire-gforwar The shoes are propelled by their enga ement withthe seat 13, the amountj of this 'c t'ion dependinon the inward radial ,pressure exerted on t his pressure nturn depends upon the tension pf. that portion of t e wire which leads device'.

olf from the druml into the next succeeding die. If the linear speed o f one or more convthis portion gf the 12 represents 4a ydrum l circumfereni` z The wireorwar de` 'ctional I e shoes bythe wire. i

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wireis ottheperipher I oftheV drum at a diameter e ual to that of t e wire-v f' engaging surface of t e shoes, the coil will loosen and diminish the riotional Contact of the shoes with their seat. This loosening of the .Wire will also diminish its own friction against the shoes, but the shoes will meyer- -occurs will take place Abetween t theless follow the wire, and A any slip which e shoes ond drum 'rather than between the shoes and the wire, thus avoiding the abrasion of the'wire. It is evident that With equal friction between elle Wirsisml the shoes end' between the v 'shoes erettile diem, the tiet tclctioo-` Hemels, theeuter coef-Will beecrice octies cs e. longer 'stm from the center of rotttlon thee tbe erm cu-Wloeh thenuetfriction acts.

The outer friction theletoro prevails over the meer ectlce to so. extent deteumned by the .thickness 0f the shoes, se thsc the shoes must fellow the Wire end. slip against the drum s i and shoes 14.

Tc.` insure the properslippsge of the urefcswerding devceon the drum, means are required for the'uniform4 and continuous lubri- .cetpn 0f the contectingsurfeces of' the seat In e. machine it is necessary #het the lublcent or friction x regulqtiugagent be confined to said oontact- 111g, SUJTSWQS @ld 1.1.0l be illohvsd $0, overflow therefrom and come in contaetwith the Wire,

`hewuse direct Contact of any liquid or olesgncus lubrlceteg materiel with wir@ being drawnbythe dryprocesswill cause the break:- age of the wire.A have therefore provided the drum with friction-reguletng meses adepte@ l2c. apply to the coetsctiog susleces'o thel drum 'ced the wte-forwsrdme device e usiform restticted sunly of o suitable lubricant,

Preferably oli'the cwegs of. the lubricant. to Seid, serfesss .sing S0 restricted thst it is yerle Wely, token up, el? consumed by thefnctloo developed between the shoes and the seat, so

. thetfthete is uo. oversaw and no liability' olf* contecbetween. the lublrlcsut and the Wisse@ The best means known to me forv effecting le Pcdfetelmiued limited How of. lubricant.. to

' tice 17,whi

the contesting surfaces ofthe end shoes comprise on simuler. reservoir-15, formed in 'the uioy e1" Portion of the (komend eleveted abovet e seat 13, so that oil can ilowbygravi 'tation from 'the seseri/'clsI to the seet, sod e e series cf angeles ducts 1:6 extending from tbe-reservoir 1.5. te.' the scot 13,'eecl1 duet bev@ ies e, vertice-'portion extendtn downwardly from the reservoir to o point e yjecelot to .the seat end @horizontal portion extending ont wgufdly from the vertical portion to the seat.

. stomste@ peset of the eee 1e s e lug or lubricant-retarding lecv .15s Preferebly o. plug et soft-pine ,woods duvenmts. the, horizontal .ortion of ightlyfittin p sheductiwithtlie cinextendin engl-,heuse iotsolelpotttcu. ff lubrcentsuc ssoil, sc-

the Yertcel portion of the duct ont case.

conter ofthe tier of drumszare provided for preventing outwllfl' l8r 'lwill seepthrough the sofnt-pine plug 17 to a limited extent, the outer end of saidfplug forming e part ol2 the shoe-.engaging 'surface ofthe seat,v so that the lubiicont appearing at the outer end of' the 'plug comes in Contact with the inner surfaces of the Ishoes and is.

carried thereby into contact witlrthe portionsof the seat l-locsted between the oilconducting plugs, of which there may be any desired number, six being shown in the preslubricating the eontaoting surfaces of the drum end. the Wire-.forwarding shoe and at the some time se. limiting the suppl of lublf cent es te prevent eny'overlow seid sureoes l provide for 'e suitable regulation of the riction between the drum ood the shoes. and prevent any liability of detiiment or injury to the wire by contact of the. lubricant therewith.

lt will be seen that by thus pro-l viding means for continuously and uniformly It is obvious that my invention is not lim ited to, the particularmeons here shown and described for providing o limited predeterfmined nonoverilowing movement oflubiji'- eating materiel to, the contectio suele-.ces ofthe drum and cure-forwarding evloe- 1lullig. 1 l show the drum 12.: es one. et e tier of two similar drums, eltbougb eey cebos' suitable number msy be employed, messed ins vertical series, leech drum bolug ot @mmf imierv margin, wbio engage suitable tetes-me:

` lari form and havin internel georeteetb en its diete gears supported within the simula;

drums andengaging driving-gears Mixed '6.0 e driving-shaft 18, which is located et. the

placementof the wre-forwmdilg sllOS 1.4i, saio: means being in this'oese e, ring ot*- sleeve 20 siurouudtng the periphery ot the, dsum above the shoes. and verticelly ediustsible on the dwum to permit its lower edge to 'eogogo the u per portions of the Shoes, The Ting 20 may 1i-Ye, Ainclined: slots 2l, which receive studs 22-,1e'ixed to the drum, the ee ment being such that o portici rotation of t I e Suitable. meses IIO tiughon the drum will causo the up or edges of t The ring Z3@ isQiu-ltimes to Slip loosely on. the drum. Seid,

therefore hes nov function in pullingor dmw ing the wire, its only function being to'pre vent thev initial coil or coils of the wire from e xerting inward piuzssutev on'the shoes it, the

lrigi or unyielding support for t e initial coil or coils, the succeeding coils will be prevented `from exerting` excessive inward pressure on' the yshoe/sla, and :thus rictionally locking said shoes to the drumto such an extent as to cause injurious slip of the Wire on the-shoes. It will be observed that the shoes instead of having flanges at their'lower edges to support the initial coil of the Wire have anges only at their upper edges the coil-supporting sur faces being continuations of the coil-supporting surfaces ofthe ring 23, the latter vhaving a lang'e -24 to su Aport, the initial coil. e shoes 14 and, if es'ired, the rings 23 are preferably-gmade of a material, such as bronze, suitable ior'coating by attrition Wirehavin substantially the hardness oi steel.

l.' In a wire-drawing machine, a rotary drum having a peripheral seat', a Wirefor Werding device adapted to slip circumferentially on said seat, and' driven by frictional contact with the seat at the speed-required by the call or tension of the Wire, the drum having capillary ducts opening into said sea-t, and

` means carried by the drum for su plying 1ubricant to said ducts,v said capi lary ducts serving to effect a predetermined restrictionA or--regulation of the movement of lubricant to prevent Jree fiowage of the lubricant through said ducts, and overflow or escape of the lubricant from the crevice .between the contacting surfaces of the Yseat and the Wireforwarding device.

f 2.v In aWire-drawing machine, a rotary drum having a peripheral seat, a wire-forwarding device adapted to slip circumferentially on .said seat, and driven by frictional contact with the seat at the speedrequired by the call or tension of the wire, an oil-reservoircarried by the drum, ducts extending from the drum to theseat, and capillar illings in said ducts,the outer ends of said llings contaoting with the inner surface o' the Wireforwarding device.

3. A. Wire-drawing drum having a loose,

incompressible ring to receive the initial conlvolu'tions of tlie Wire, and a compressible wire-f-orwardingdevice beside said ring adapted to slipircumferentially on the drum and rictionally 'driven at the speed required by the call or tension of the wire.`

' In ztestirnonywhereof Ihave aiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

u l JAMES A.. HORTON. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, E. BAroHnLnnR. 

